Btw, didn't Münchow say he understood more of what was going on than the other pages/servants because he understood French?
I'd have to look it up again. Can't right now.
I think that says a lot about his fantasies: "I'll give up power of my own free will! And Voltaire and I won't fight!" The likelihood of those two things being about equal.
Very true. But if somehow Fritz were to give up power, couldn't he then be induced to finally travel again?
Or: here's one scenario where I can imagine Voltaire coming to Fritz. Fritz doesn't just lose power. He's taken captive. He's put on trial in front of the diet for invading Saxony and, while we're at it, Silesia! And presto! Voltaire's inner campaigner for justice and hopeless causes unites with his Fritz attraction. Not to mention the irony of being Fritz being held in Frankfurt, also irresistable. This scenario offers the chance to gloat and to help at the same time. And to piss off everyone else by writing pamphlets on how the other powers definitely were hoping Fritz would invade and were totally planning for such a scenario, and were guilty of war crimes themselves, etc. This is Voltaire we're talking about. He would NOT be able to resist.
Re: Lucchessini, Catt and Fredersdorf, oh, my
Btw, didn't Münchow say he understood more of what was going on than the other pages/servants because he understood French?
I'd have to look it up again. Can't right now.
I think that says a lot about his fantasies: "I'll give up power of my own free will! And Voltaire and I won't fight!" The likelihood of those two things being about equal.
Very true. But if somehow Fritz were to give up power, couldn't he then be induced to finally travel again?
Or: here's one scenario where I can imagine Voltaire coming to Fritz. Fritz doesn't just lose power. He's taken captive. He's put on trial in front of the diet for invading Saxony and, while we're at it, Silesia! And presto! Voltaire's inner campaigner for justice and hopeless causes unites with his Fritz attraction. Not to mention the irony of being Fritz being held in Frankfurt, also irresistable. This scenario offers the chance to gloat and to help at the same time. And to piss off everyone else by writing pamphlets on how the other powers definitely were hoping Fritz would invade and were totally planning for such a scenario, and were guilty of war crimes themselves, etc. This is Voltaire we're talking about. He would NOT be able to resist.